Roy Keane Resigns

Roy Keane has resigned as manager of Sunderland Football Club.

The former Manchester United star had only been at the North Eastern club for 27 months but has released a statement stating that he believes the “right time” had come for him to move on.

Keane had brought the club from the First Division into the Premier League aswell as bringing stability to a side which had yo – yo’d between top flight and Championship football over the past number of years. However, recent results have not been good enough with 5 defeats in 6 matches and the club currently lies in 18th position with a trip to Manchester United at the weekend.

Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn has release a statement speaking about his “dissappointment” at Keane’s decision.

For many Irish fans, the situation brings back memories of the 2002 World Cup when Keane walked out on the Irish national side during a training session in Saipan in the lead up to the first game of the tournament. During that incident, Keane had complained about the training facilities available to the squad. A known perfectionist, it may have been the words of his close friend and autobiographer Eamonn Dunphy who this week stated that Keane had “lost the plot” in relation to his transfer dealings, that may have driven him over the edge.

Whatever the exact reason behind his departure, one thing is for certain, he will be a hard act to follow for any new manager. Bearing in mind the fact that Sir Alex Ferguson has won 31 out of 33 meetings with his former players- turned -managers, it seems that maybe Keane could not face the possible humiliation awaiting this weekend at Old Trafford at the hands of his former boss.

United face a now managerless Sunderland at 3 o’clock on Saturday.

Some of Keane’s Highs :

And his lows :

Human Trafficking Arrests in Joint Operation

Nine people have now been arrested in a major operation targeting human trafficking in Ireland. Fourteen locations were raided this morning resulting in the arrests of 4 men and 2 women.

This afternoon, another man was arrested by PSNI in Northeren Ireland and 2 others have been detained at locations in Wales.

Welsh police say those arrested are a 47-year-old Irishman and a 31-year-old south African woman.

Each suspect is being held on suspicion of committing a number of offences including organising and managing prostitution.

Brothels were searched in Cavan, Drogheda, Athlone, Mullingar, Sligo, Kilkenny, Enniscorthy, Newbridge, and Waterford.

The raids follow an international investigation into human trafficking which involved gardaí, the PSNI and the British Serious Organised Crime Agency.

Human Trafficking is an issue which has had an increasing profile on the European policing agenda over the past number of years. A number of high profile cases have brought this issue to the forefront of political discussions in Brussels as the ever expanding boarders become increasingly difficult to police with constant expansion.

Tobin Guilty

Peter Tobin has been found guilty of the murder of Vicky Hamilton who went missing in 1991.

Tobin, a 62 year old Scottish man, is already in prison serving life for the murder of Polish student Angelika Kluk in 2006.

Here he is denying all knowledge of the whereabouts of his innocent victims’ body :

Mr. Tobin has been sentenced to serve a minimum of 30 years in prison and will not be eligible for parole until he is 92 years old. The judge passing sentence indicated that she would rather he have to serve both life sentences concurrently instead of together at the same time. This would mean that the murderer would not have the possibilty of release for another 52 years. However, the letter of the law has deemed this longer sentence unavailable on the basis of a technicality relating to the time difference between the 2 crimes.

Ever since his arrest on suspicion of murdering Ms Kluk, detectives across the UK have been trawling a host of unsolved murder cases and disappearances. It is now believed that Mr. Tobin may have murdered up to 48 times after an off the record prison confession. Police are currently investigating whether or not he is responsible for the infamous ‘Bible John’ murders in Glasgow between 1968 and 1969.